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This list is my attempt to figure out The New Yorker's style and usage guidelines. It is based on reading articles within the pages of that venerable magazine and working backward. Feel free to add your own examples or suppositions.

Here's a bit from that article: "Quoth the style book: “When alternatives are possible, use double ‘p’ in words like ‘kidnapped,’ double ‘s’ in words like ‘focussed,’ and double ‘l’ in words like ‘marvellous’ and ‘travelled.’” No kidnapper ever focussed so marvellously on this well-travelled territory."